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FOREST AND STREAM. 



whose talking powers are the wonder of the neighborhood. 

 In an evil day, however, the bird was taught by some 

 naughty boys to swear like a trooper, and with a perver- 

 sity wonderfully human, and, withal, strangely savoring of 

 original sin, the feathered biped found pleasure in noth- 

 ing so much as a sounding oath. Mild correctionary meas- 

 ures proved unavailing, the offender was at last regularly 

 soused in a pail of cold water after each burst of profanity, 

 and then placed on the stove hearth before the fire to dry. 

 During a recent rain storm, some small chickens belonging 

 to the same family got very wet and thoroughly chilled, 

 and several of them were placed on a perch before the fire 

 to be warmed into full activity again. It so happened that 

 the parrot had just been treated to an involuntary bath 

 himself, and he a& once knowingly cocked his head on one 

 side and surveyed the new comers for a moment in silence. 

 Then, as if all was plain to him, he hitched a little away 

 from his dripping companions and exclaimed in an ora- 

 cular tone, 'Little d— d fools, been swearing!' " 



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Txt Mmnel. 



Fruit in Mabket— Domestic— California pears are be- 

 ing received at the rate of two or three car loads per week. 

 The prices received for Fall fruit are by no means remu- 

 nerative however. In the Winter months grower's may 

 be more fortunate. We quote: White Doyenne, $3 to 

 $3 50 per box; Dutchess, $4; Buerre Dill, $2 50 to $4; 

 Beau D'Anjou, $4 50 per box. A box contains on an 

 average about 140 pears. Bartletts now nearly gone, are 

 worth $16. to $17. per barrel; Sickles, $8. Apples are 

 worth $3. to $3 50 for good pippins. Grapes are now in 

 abundant supply, Concords from the North River counties, 

 bring 5 to 7 cents per pound; Delawares, 9 to 11 cents; 

 Catawbas, 9 to 11 cent3; Isabellas, 5 to 7 cents; Dianas, 

 very slow of sale at 6 to 7 cents; these are box quotations. 

 Most of the grapes in market come from Western New 

 York. Foreign.— With the exception of a small quantity 

 of Jamaica oranges held at $10. per barrel there is but 

 little foreign fruit in market . A cargo is daily expected 



from Cuba. 



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THE ATTEMPT TO EXPORT PEACHES. 



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MR R T. LOCKWOOD, who recently went to Eu- 

 rope on the steamer Ohio in charge of 200 crates of 

 peaches, has furnished the Wilmington Commercial with an 

 account of the trip and the causes which led to the disas- 

 trous results of the venture. He says that when the steamer 

 sailed on the 26th of August there were but fifteen tons of 

 ice in the refrigerator. The lowest temperature gained on 

 the voyage was 48°, which was on the second day out. On 

 opening the refrigerator on the 31st, and when the ship 

 was off the Newfoundland" Banks, it was found that the 

 ice had entirely melted, although the fruit was still in fine 

 condition. Ten tons of ice was then furnished from the 

 ship's stores, but this must have been soon consumed, as 

 the mercury continued to rise until on the 6th of Septem- 

 ber it stood at 74° . On the following day the ship an- 

 chored in the Mersey, and the temperature in the refrigera- 

 tor found to be 90°, while that of the outer air was but 65°. 



At 9 A. M. on the 7th the hatches were" removed and the 

 refrigerator opened. A terrible sight and smell greeted 

 the eyes and nostrils. The peaches had all spoiled, save an 

 occasional sound one which was found in the centre of the 

 crates, and were soft, mushy, and sour. They had settled 

 down in the crates about two and a half inches, being 

 pressed into each other. Fermentation had gone on for a 

 couple of days at least, and the gases and vapors from the 

 decaying fruit filled the compartment with an atmosphere 

 which set the brain to reeling upon entering it. One steve- 

 dore, a strong, burly Irishman, was overcome by it and had 

 to be removed. The peaches were in good condition for 

 distillation, and Mr, Lockwood undertook to sell them for 

 this purpose, but could find no purchasers. He finally was 

 compelled to give them away, with the crates, to procure 

 removal from the wharves where they had to be landed, it 

 being unlawful to throw them into the river. What finally 

 became of the fruit is not known. 



One ci ate of Reeve's Favorite, stored in the ship's ice 

 room, was found to show signs of decay when opened on 

 the voyage, and the best of the fruit was then wrapped in 

 paper, turning out in perfect order. It seems, then, as 

 though the experiment would succeed if this plan were 

 adopted, or that mentioned in our last issue, of dipping 

 them in paraffine. The result financially, however, might 

 not be satisfactory, as Liverpool dealers said that they 

 would not have brought more than $2.80 per crate, which 

 would hardly have paid. 



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American Girl. — This celebrated trotting mare, the 

 property of Win. Lovell, of this city, dropped dead 

 white trotting a race at J&luaira on the 2d inst. An. exam- 

 ination proved her lungs to be much congested, the result 

 of a light attack of tne prevailing epizootic. American 

 Gill was valued at $25,000, anil had a record of 2:17. 

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Autumn.— The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, the 

 lowing clam sails slowly o'er the sea, the hard crab sea- 

 ward ia&es his bacKward way, and leaves the town to 

 oysters and to me. The day of the succulent crustacean is 

 over and the death rattle is heard in the throat of the lax- 

 ative watermelon. JPeaches-oh! peaches— are in the sere 

 and yellow leaf, and the first of the reed buds and blue 

 wings are being sacrificed upon sweetly buttered toast. 

 The weekly record of the defunct no longer shows the 

 same demand for small coffins, and the florists are making 

 .up their white flowers after a different fashion. The 

 oysters are surprisingly good for the season, and on the half 

 sneli are firm enougn to chew if they come from York 

 Ktver. What witn canvas backs, red heads, terrapin 

 and such vegetables and drinkables as the miserable climate 

 produces, we suppose we shall manage to worry through 

 the Winter somehow. — Baltimore Bulletin. 



AMERICAN KENNELS— No. 5. 



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MR. GEORGE DELANO'S. 



WHEN the "pleasures of a retired life" are summed 

 up, a good kennel of dogs should be reckoned 

 among them. For a sportsman who can live in the coun- 

 try no one thing can afford more pleasure and recreation . 

 It has been my good fortune to see lately an instance of 

 this kind in the kennel of George Delano, Esq., a retired 

 merchant of New Bedford. Mr. Delano has lately pur- 

 chased a fine large estate near his native town, Marion, 

 Mass. , embracing a wide and charming variety of field, for- 

 est, rocks, and water, a pretty cottage, and an excellent 

 dog kennel. This latter is located about a quarter of a 

 mile from his house on the edge of a pretty oak grove 

 where the proper degree of shade and sunshine are capi- 

 tally adjusted. The kennel itself is built on the most ap- 

 proved plan, a large, well ventilated house with cemented 

 floor and a roomy trough or trundle bed, filled with straw, 

 to bed the dogs upon. The large yards, divided by strong 

 palings, are paved with a brick floor and inclined toward 

 the centre, where a sewer drains the whole so easily that a 

 few buckets of water or a smart shower cleanses 

 the yards completely. Inside, the whole is kept 

 freshly whitewashed, with a carbolic acid admixed, 

 which keeps away all vermin. In this place, with judi- 

 cious feeding, his dogs have been perfectly healthy, scarcely 

 a case of sickness having occurred among them. The ken- 

 nel faces a broad expanse of field and pasture leading down 

 to the bay, affording the finest place to exercise and train 

 the dogs that could be desired. As to the occupants of 

 Mr. Delano's kennel, quality rather than quantity may be 

 said to be its leading feature. First among them should be 

 mentioned the beautiful Field Trial bitch Doll, imported 

 from Mr. Purcell Llewellin's kennel last Spring, now three 

 and a half years old. Doll is a black, white and tan, and 

 boasts of as high a pedigree as any animal in the country. 

 On one side she is from Moll and Dash, and from Barclay 

 Field's Duke on the other. Doll took a prize at the Spring- 

 field show, but is now in far better condition and appear- 

 ance than at that time, having then just weaned a litter. 

 Of the ten whelps which arrived with her— she whelped 

 on the voyage over— Mr. Delano now retains only four, 

 two dogs and two bitches— Lselaps, Adonis, Diana, and 

 Blanche. These are by Leicester, a noted prize dog, since 

 purchased and imported by Mr. Smith, of Canada. They 

 are all healthy, handsome pups, now eight months old. 

 Next to these should be mentioned a Pride and Fairy pup, 

 liver and white, eight months old. He is heavy and lum- 

 bering in appearance just now, but promises to be a large, 

 strong dog. In point of beauty and style he does not ap- 

 proach the black, white and tan stock of Mr. Delano's ken- 

 nel. It remains to be seen which has the most endurance 

 in the field. Lastly, but not the least noticeable member 

 of this kennel is a black and tan Gordon bitch, Maud, 

 eighteen months old, out of Hope, imported by John W. 

 Boyden, of Worcester. She is a beautiful animal, and al- 

 ready exhibits the best qualities of that stock. 



Mr. Delano maintains his kennel for his own amusement 

 and recreation. He -is an ardent friend of the dog, and 

 takes pride in breeding pure animals for their own sake. 

 Through the efforts of such men the blood and qualities of 

 sporting dogs in this country will be greatly improved. 



Druid . 

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QUI MA. 



THE late lamented Lieut. Derby, otherwise known as 

 John Phenix, when asked the meaning of his nom 

 de plume of "Squibob," replied that it was a Hebrew 

 word, signifying "there you go with your eye out." My 

 dog's name was derived from a still more ancient source, as 

 in the vernacular Chinese, Qui Ma means literally, the cu- 

 rious one— and never had dog a more appropriate name. 

 Pocr old P — nsed to say that Qui Ma did'nt handsome 

 much, but that he "curio'd" awfully. The origin of Qui 

 Ma I could never make out. He was probably a waif, picked 

 up in the London docks and given a free passage in a tea 

 ship to Shanghse, from whence he journeyed to Hankow, 

 and found a final home in the far interior of China. Qui 

 Ma had all the characteristics of the rough, long-coated 

 English terrier, and' developed an intelligence that was al- 

 most marvelous. The most remarkable instance of this is 

 the one I am about to relate. 



It may or may not be known to the reader that through- 

 out China, at whatever port foreigners are engaged in bu- 

 siness, their servants, the tea brokers, and most of the na- 

 tives with whom they have dealings, are Cantonese; in 

 fact, nearly all of the middle men, or go-betweens, are na- 

 tives of the southern provinces. Now, to the barbarian 

 eye, the difference between a Hankow man and a Canton 

 man was as nil; but to Qui Ma there was all the difference 

 between an authorized visitor and an obnoxious intruder. 

 In front of my residence was a broad stone jetty the width 

 of the premises, with stone steps leading to the water's 

 edge. During the Summer the water was at the top of 

 these steps, but in Winter, when the river fell— for the 

 Yang Tsze varies in height some thirty feet between the 

 seasons— there was left a narrow strip of bank, to which 

 access could be had from the adjacent streets, and which 

 formed a short cut for boatmen and others to the neighbor- 

 ing houses. Qui Ma became the self-appointed guardian 

 of this debatable ground, and the itinerant barber or ven- 



der of tea who attempted to cross, did so at the risk of his 

 garments. But strange to say, it was only the Hankow 

 man who was attacked. If a Canton man appeared no 

 matter whether he was a swell compradore or a fireman 

 from a steamer, he was merely greeted with a sniff at his 

 legs and allowed to pass. To us who often watched Mm 

 it seemed most extraordinary that he could thus detect the 

 difference, where to us none appeared to exist. Poor Qui 

 Ma, he captured one trowser-leg too many, and was made 

 way with by some indignant Celestial, much to the regret 

 of every one, foreign and native, in the establishment. 



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— Mr. Arnold Burges has had the misfortune to lose his 

 fine red Irish setter bitches Kathleen and Belle 2d. Kath- 

 leen was out of Jarvis' Kitty by Knowing. Belle 2d was 

 sent to Mr. Burges in whelp, from the kennel Mr. Skid- 

 more, of England ; was six weeks on the passage and lost 

 her whelps, from the effects of which she died. 

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— The beautiful red setter bitch lately imported by 

 "Ajax" is looking remarkably well and handsome, and 

 promises great speed in addition to her other good points 

 She is bred as follows: Liil, by Shamrock, by Brennan's 

 Rap out of Jephson's Belle . Lill's dam is Kathleen, by 

 Barton's Larry, out of the celebrated Lill 2d; she by Coop- 

 er's Ranger, out of Jephson's Belle; she from the Corbett 

 strain of setters. Cooper's Ranger, one of the very best 

 red setters in England, was by the renowned Col. Hutchin- 

 son's Bob. Lill 2d has taken very many first prizes. Sham- 

 rock was called the handsomest red dog in England. He 



was lately sold for a large sum to the King of Italy. 

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PLTJNKETT'S PEDIGREE. 



The "Retreat," Belle Fonts, I 



Nottoway county, October 2d, 1875. j" 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I have just received a letter from G. de Landre Macdona, wherein he 

 states: "I have seen in Forest and Stream a notice that Mr. dimming 

 Macdona's Plunkett was by im. Mr. Goldsmith makes a mistake. He 

 (Plunkett) was by the Hon. David Plunkett's Beauty out of Grouse, and 

 I strongly urge owners of sporting hogs to breed as much as possible 

 from this qrand old dog. I have sent a fine specimen of the Gordon set- 

 ter, direct from Gordon Castle, Scotland, to Texas, and two red Irish to 

 other parts of the United States; also two others to Hong Kong and In- 

 dia, so that the real pure breed will soon spread over the sporting globe. 

 I have some pups of Ranger 2d by Lort's champion Lucy. They are 

 beautiful silk white, strong and healthy." Jno. M. Tatlok. 

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Kennel Produce.— At Fox Farm, Morris Plains, N. J., on Sunday 

 the 3d iust. Fannie, the property of the Kennel Editor of this paper, sis 

 fine whelps by the imported Laverack Pride of the Border. All six are 

 doing finely, and all are of the male persuasion. 



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FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



Black Bass, micropterus salmoides, micropterus nigricans. 

 Striped Bass Roccus lineatus. Bluefish, temnodon solicitor. 



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[Under the head of "Game and Fish in Season'' 1 we can only specify in 

 general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much 

 that were we to attempt to particularize we could do' no less than publish 

 those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question. This 

 would require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are 

 guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and 

 our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- 

 spsctive States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assis 

 them will only create confusion.] 



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Fish in Market, — Fish are in fair supply, with an ac- 

 tive demand for the choice kinds for family use. "We 

 quote: Striped bass from Rhode Island are worth 20 to 

 25 cents per pound; green smelts, from Maine, 25 cents; 

 bluefish from Massachusetts and Long. Island, 10 to 12 

 cents; frozen salmon, 50 cents; mackerel from 6 to 20 

 cents; weakfish, principally from Long Island, 12 cents; 

 white perch, 12 cents; Spanish mackerel, frozen, 50 cents; 

 green turtle, 20 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut 18 

 cents per pound; haddock, 8 cents; kingfish, 25 cents; cod- 

 fish, 8 cents; sea bass, 18 cents; eels, 18 cents; sturgeon, 

 10 cents; lobsters from Boston, 8 cents; sheepshead from 

 the Chesapeake, 25 cents; scollops, $1 50 per gallon; sal- 

 mon trout from the lakes, 20 cents; hard shell crabs, 40 

 cents per dozen; soft do. $1.50 pel- dozen; frog's legs, 50 

 cents per pound; pompano, $1 per pound. Bait.— Shed- 

 der crabs, $1 50 per dozen; shrimp, $1 per quart; soft 

 clams, 40 to 60 cents per 100. 



Casts of Fish.— There are at present on exhibition at 

 Mr. Blackford's in Fulton Market— a portion of that gen- 

 tleman's office having been given up for the purpose— a 

 number of casts of fish intended for exhibition at the Cen- 

 tennial in connection w r ith the department of the United 

 States Fish Commission. Mr. A. Wyderveldt, an artist of 

 great promise, has colored some of these specimens in 

 close resemblance of Nature, and with remarkable correct- 

 ness. Mr. Wyderveldt is making a specialty of fish paint- 

 ing, and with the facilities afforded him by Mr. Blackford 

 exhibits a progress which promises to carry him to the 

 top of the ladder. 



—The largest weakfish captured in the bay this season 

 was caught off Bergen Point on Wednesday of last week 

 by Mr. Frank Lang. The fish weighed thirteen pounds 

 four ounces. 



—Fish of all descriptions, bass, weakfish, tautog and 

 mackerel, are again' plenty in Buzzard's Bay, particularly m 

 the neighborhood of New Bedford and the Elizabeth 

 Islands. 



Hell Gate, Oct. 4.— Striped bass are now being caught m 

 the Gate. I caught one last week weighing ten pounds, 

 and my companion, Mr. Dorrity, of the Morgan Iw n 

 Works, caught one weighing 12-£ pounds. Several others 

 caught them weighing from three tQ eight pounds. 



